In The Shadows

By: TearsIShed

Chapter 1- Killing Season

Disclaimer: I don't own HP (That really sucks)

Authors Note: Hope you like it

JANUARY 25TH

The lights were dimmed in a lonely room. The only sound that was present was the soft humming of machinery. Something in the far corner of the room twitched. It was a man, a man named Remus Lupin. His leg was throbbing due to his broom crashing. He was inside the walls of St. Mungos, yet he didn't feel safe. He had had his own room, lucky him… actually, unlucky him. At that moment, the doorknob turned. But the person couldn't harm him; only nurses had the key... right? Wrong. To his surprise, the person was one of his friends, though he couldn't tell who this friend was. Then it hit him, no visitors were allowed after 8:00 pm, and now it was almost 11:30 pm. No one would be allowed to visit him at this hour. "Lupin," his friend said, "long time no see..." For some reason, he couldn't tell whose voice this was. "Umm... hello" he replied. The door closed, and the room became fully dark. Remus fell to the floor by an unknown presence. His leg became amputated from his body with a terrible CRACK. He began to bleed and he realized that his "friend" was up to no good. A glass vase fell on top of him and broke, sending shards of glass everywhere. "Why are you doing this to me? I thought that we were good friends..." he said, blood sputtering from his throat. "Well... things change" was all his "friend" said. There was a spine-chilling laugh, as his good old "friend" blew Remus Lupin into smithereens.

JANUARY 26TH

Neville Longbottom was sitting his bedroom, eating a chocolate frog. The sky was a shade of dark purple and dark blue mixed together. When his finished his frog, he took another one. 'Yes, eat your precious chocolate frogs while you can, I'll have your soul in a few hours.' A dark mind thought from the doorway to Neville's bedroom. 'But I won't get him tonight, though. Two deaths in two days seems too suspicious...' he thought. He wrote on a scrap of parchment:

Blood is red,

And your face will turn blue,

Because you've got no clue,

That I'm gonna get you...

He'd get Neville tomorrow. He slid the parchment through a gap in the door …

JANUARY 27TH

He looks down at Neville through a hole in the ceiling. It was late in the morning. Neville yawned as the sun lazily shone through his bedroom window. 'Finally this asshole wakes up' a dark mind thought grumpily as he waits for Neville to find the slip of parchment. Soon enough, Neville opens the door and the paper falls to the ground. Neville picks it up, and reads it silently to himself. When he finishes, his eyes search the room wildly. There was a bloodcurdling laugh, an 'Avada Kedavra!' and a splurge of green light. Then it was quiet, and Neville Longbottom was gone.

Author's Note: I know, this chapter was REALLY short. Anyway, how'd you like the first chap? Review! Review! Review! And tell me what you think .